Draining the Haarlemmermeer was an immense undertaking. For three years great clouds of smoke hung from the chimneys of the three steam pumping stations built for this gigantic task: Leeghwater, Lynden and Cruquius. Many years ago Cruquius was...

While escaping a motorway traffic jam on the way to the coast, we spotted an interesting looking building. Stopped by traffic lights, I noticed that the cast iron "arms" protruding from the building were moving! Quickly, we turned off and found...

The Internal Fire website is in the process of being set up to provide information primarily on the site at Castell Pridd Farm in Wales, but also on a number of other museums and organisations involved in the preservation of internal combustion...

The Kew Bridge Steam Museum is housed in a magnificent 19th Century Pumping Station and centres around the station's five world famous Cornish Beam Engines, two of which can be seen, in steam, every weekend.

Museum gathering a superb collection of the first engines which were used to actuate tools (grinding stones, saws), generators of current, pumps, and various agricultural or industrial machinery.

Located at Giverny, Normandy,...

My hopeless addiction to steam powered and other ancient machinery which once operated in factories, farms or workshops, means that the family are forced to co-exist with numerous examples of ancient mechanisms which 'grace' the immediate area,...

This website was set up in 1996 to tell the story of the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum, and something of the history behind the drainage of the Fens. The Museum now has its own official site, but I have decided that this one should still be...

Today S.E.V.A.C. is a thriving organisation with almost 250 members across the South East from Herne Bay to Chichester. We hold regular events such as working weekends, ploughing matches and attend the larger agricultural shows around the area...

The Kent Vintage Tractor and Engine Club is affiliated to National Vintage Tractor and Engine Club (NVTEC) and was founded to assist its members to restore, operate, and enjoy old tractors, machinery, and stationary engines. New members are welcome...